MATH 376.01

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

TU/TH 9:30-10:50

 

Syllabus

 

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS/QUIZZES/EXAMS

DATE

Chapter 1.2 and 1.3

Thursday, Sept. 2

Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Tuesday, Sept. 14

Chapter 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

Tuesday, Sept. 21

Chapter 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 7.2, 7.3

Tuesday, Sept. 28

Exam 1: Chapter 1,2,7

Tuesday, Sept. 28

Chapter 3.1 and 3.2

Tuesday, October 12

Chapter 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6

Thursday, October 21

Chapter 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 (odd problems only)

Thursday, October 28

Exam 2: Chapter 3.1-3.10 only

Thursday, October 28

Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Thursday, November 18

Chapter 4.4, 4.5, 4.6

Thursday, November 18

Project

Thursday, December 9

Chapter 5.1: 7,9,11,25

Chapter 5.2: 1,3,7,13,15,19,45

Chapter 5.3: 9,11,13,15,19,21,23,27

Tuesday, December 7

FINAL EXAM- Comprehensive

(including chapters 1,2,3,4,5)

Tuesday, December 14,

8:00-10:00

 

LAPLACE TRANSFORM PROPERTIES (TO BE PROVIDED ON FINAL EXAM)

EXAM 1 FALL 2010 

EXAM 2 FALL 2010 

EXAM 1 FALL 2009  (omit problem 8)

EXAM 2 FALL 2009 

EXAM 1 FALL 2008  (omit problem 3 and 5(b))

EXAM 2 FALL 2008 

 

 

Project Spherebob

Peer Rating

 

Here is the link to pplane (an ode solver program which you will need to use for the project).

 

http://math.rice.edu/~dfield/dfpp.html

 

 

Homework List (From the book: Elementary Differential Equations, 2nd edition, Kohler and Johnson)

 

SECTION

PROBLEMS

1.2 Examples of Differential Equations

1,2,6,7,9,12,16,17,20

1.3 Direction Fields

1,4,5,8,9,10,11,14,16,18

2.1 First Order ODEs: Introduction

3,6,9,12,13,15,16

2.2 First Order Linear Differential Equations

1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,29,
40 (see example 5)

2.3 Introduction to Mathematical Models

1,3,4,5,6,7,12,17 (see example 2)

2.4 Population Dynamics and Radioactive Decay

1,3,5,6,10

2.5 First Order Nonlinear Differential Equations

3,6,9,12,17

2.6 Separable First Order Equations

3,6,7,9,12,15,18,22

2.8 The Logistic Population Model

1,2,5,6,17

2.9 Applications to Mechanics

1,4,5,17,18

2.10 Euler’s Method

1,3,5

7.2 Euler’s Method, Huen’s Method, Modified Euler’s Method

1,3 (for each problem do parts (a), (b), (d), and (f) only

7.3 Taylor Series Methods

1,3

3.1 Introduction (Higer Order ODEs)

1,4,5,9,10

3.2 The General Solution of Homogeneous Equations

3,6,9,12,15

3.3 Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Equations

3,6,9,12,15

3.4 Real Repeated Roots: Reduction of Order

1,3,5,7,9

3.5 Complex Roots

3,5,7,9,11,23,25

3.6 Unforced Mechanical Vibrations

2,3,4,9,10

3.7 The General Solution of a Linear Nonhomogeneous Equation

3,6,9,12,21,24

3.8 The Method of Undetermined Coefficients

4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,18

3.9 The Method of Variation of Parameters

1,2,3,4,9

3.10 Forced Mechanical Vibrations, Electrical Networks, and Resonance

2,3,7,8

4.1 Introduction to First Order Linear Systems

1,2,3,4,5

4.2 Existence and Uniqueness

3,6,7,9,11,12

4.3 Homogeneous Linear Systems

3,6,10,15,17,20

4.4 Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Systems; the Eigenvalue Problem

1,4,5,11,18,19,20

4.5 Real Eigenvalues and the Phase Plane

1,3,5,17

4.6 Complex Eigenvalues

17,19,21,32

5.1 Introduction to Laplace Transform

2,7,9,11,24,25

5.2 Laplace Transform Pairs

1,2,3,7,10,13,14,15,16,19

5.3 The Method of Partial Fractions

9,10,11,12,13,14,15

SOLVE AN IVP USING LAPLACE TRANSFORM

5.2: 44,45

5.3: 18,19,20,21,23,24,27

THE HEAVISIDE STEP FUNCTION AND THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM

5.2: 4,5,9,11,17,18,20,21,22,23,42,43